Battling Garden Weeds

If you are battling to maintain the beauty of your lawn, or if you are simply taking basic care of your lawn, it is imperative that you effectively and regularly get rid of weeds. You know that weeds are unwanted, because of four major factors. First, they compete with the lawn, for the minerals and nutrients in the soil. Second, they compete for adequate sunlight. Third, they can be destructive to the lawn’s very  existence and fourth, they are simply eyesores. A good and well maintained... Read Full Story

No matter whether you have a new or old home, or whether you are a keen gardener, or not, it is almost certain that you have a paved area somewhere. Maybe you want to lay a paved area, or maybe you want to renovate an older area, but one of the most difficult problems is the control of weeds and moss in these areas. In researching this article, I found one instance where a homeowner was so upset with the beastly weeds in her patio, that she set fire to them with a blowtorch! While this... Read Full Story

Our local dinner group met tonight in an outdoor pavilion at a local ranch. Two of the dishes prepared for the evening faire were most unusual. One had Miner's lettuce and the other stinging nettle. They were both very tasty, but they are also very nutritious as well. Have you ever eaten nettle? When I saw the green nettle with lemon dressing, all I could think of was the stinging nettle I was familiar with as a kid hiking in the woods in Maryland. How could a plant such as this be good... Read Full Story

My neighbor is back in the city for a few days after passing some time at her cottage in the Laurentians. Things are incredibly green, she says, and growing like…well, growing like weeds. The immense amount of snow last winter plus frequent rain in late spring have combined to make this a bumper year for all sorts of plants. Vigorously growing plants: therein lies a partial solution to the problem of green house gases, two recent articles suggest. The first, by Freeman Dyson in The New... Read Full Story

If you are maintaining the beauty, or are simply taking care of your lawn, it is imperative, that you effectively and regularly get rid of weeds. You know that weeds are unwanted, because: first, they compete with the turf, for the minerals and nutrients in the soil content; second: they compete for adequate sunlight; third, they can be destructive to the turfs’ existence; and lastly, they simply are eyesores. A good and well maintained lawn, is characterized by the absence of unwanted weeds... Read Full Story